Ethnic
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The Party recognized no
ethnic
minorities – we were all, formally, equal.
But then came the Balkans crises of the 1990s, culminating in the realization that only American military power could put a stop to Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic’s
ethnic
cleansing of Kosovo.
These new friends liked the ruthless use of force, the
ethnic
nationalism, the continued humiliation of the Palestinians.
The “crossroads through Burma,” he argues, cannot “be a simple joining up of countries,” because the regions of “China and India that are being drawn together over Burma are among the most far-flung parts of the two giant states, regions of unparalleled
ethnic
and linguistic diversity….isolated
What all of these situations have in common is a wide diversity of cultural, ethnic, and economic interests.
SWAN and SHRF argue that rape is used as a weapon in the Burmese military’s war against
ethnic
minorities.
One of the most secular regimes in the Arab world – Saddam Hussein’s Iraq was another – the Syrian Baath system, based on a trinity of party, army, and
ethnic
loyalty, has now drawn the country into a sectarian war between its Sunni majority and the small Shia-Alawite minority that has ruled for the last 45 years.
And, given their own potentially explosive political and
ethnic
tensions at home, neither is inclined to support foreign intervention.
But the prospect of a jihadist-style
ethnic
war that extends throughout the Levant is not especially attractive, either.
Of course, there are other targets: Muslim immigrants,
ethnic
minorities, bankers’ bonuses, the European Commission, the ECB.
But as Iraq spirals into chaos, diplomats and leaders everywhere are again asking themselves if it is ever appropriate for alliances of nations or the international community as a whole to intervene when a sovereign country appears unable or unwilling to defend its citizens from genocide, war crimes, or
ethnic
cleansing.
NATO peacekeeping troops were not directed to stop the abductions, disappearances, retaliation killings, and massive property destruction by groups of
ethnic
Albanians, which led to a vast reverse
ethnic
cleansing of the non-Albanian (mainly Serb) population.
Likewise, immigrants and
ethnic
minorities who seek to improve their lot have no interest in joining a populist rebellion directed mainly against them, which is why they will vote for Clinton.
Appeal for freedom of speech and respect for minority rights in RussiaWe were taken aback and dismayed by reports of actions directed against
ethnic
Georgians in Russia.
We would hope that the leadership of the Russian Federation will affirm the rights of
ethnic
minorities; refrain from hostile rhetoric and actions against Georgians; and ensure that our common democratic values and respectful relations between neighbours are upheld.
At the same time, since Vatican II – and in tandem with the decline of close-knit
ethnic
enclaves – churchgoers no longer feel obliged to hew to the letter of canon law.
The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office took charge of the paper's correspondents based on the mainland, demanding that they be replaced by
ethnic
Chinese.
Imagine the chaos that may ensue if separatist energies are allowed to continue in an unfettered way in a world where over two thousand
ethnic
groups live in over 150 distinct states.
Throughout the North Caucasus many nationalities and
ethnic
groups have lived in close proximity for centuries.
In the US, many
ethnic
groups live at peace within America’s states.
Russia must resolve its ethnic, national, and separatist problems by providing cultural autonomy and national self-expression within the context of a community remaining part of the Russian Federation.
In seeking peaceful solutions to
ethnic
and separatist friction, Russia faces unique problems.
Only in this way will it be possible to restore the peaceful relations which existed before; only then will our many
ethnic
and national groups find a means to drain the violence from their antagonisms.
After years of weak Western and United Nations response to Serb aggression and
ethnic
cleansing of Muslims and Croats in Bosnia, United States-led NATO bombing had put the Serbs on the defensive.
Karadzic’s arrest is no mere historical footnote; it removes from the scene a man who was still undermining peace and progress in the Balkans and whose enthusiastic advocacy of
ethnic
cleansing merits emphatic repudiation.
Right-wing politics, especially when based on
ethnic
nationalism, are rarely good for minorities, who fare better in a more open, cosmopolitan environment.
More and more, Israel began to be infected by precisely the type of politics most Jews have traditionally feared, especially
ethnic
nationalism.
These political heirs of deeply racist traditions are the new champions of a Jewish state, whose policies now owe more to nineteenth-century
ethnic
chauvinism than to Zionism’s socialist roots.
Another special court is being considered to investigate allegations of organ harvesting by
ethnic
Albanian guerrillas in Kosovo.
Independent Ukraine has been free of
ethnic
conflicts, even though there has been no shortage of attempts to incite them.
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